JPH01179046A - Device for forming music block copy - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable easy, rapid and exact inputting of tabulature by providing a tabulature inputting function to automatically determine the tabulature data with respect to the notes on inputted scores, to input the same and to display the data on a display means. CONSTITUTION:The fret numbers for the tabulature of a guitar are positioned in accordance with the pitch data inputted from a 1st music keyboard means 1 and the tone length data inputted from a 2nd keyboard means 2. The tabulature inputting function to automatically input the tabulature data and to display the input state by the display means 4 at every data inputting is provided to an arithmetic control means 3. The inputting of the tabulature of the intricate and many notes is thereby executed and further the correction of the input data is executed on the spot when there is an error in the input. The adequate formation of the music block copies is thus enabled.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a musical score draft creation device that inputs musical score composition data and creates a musical score draft based on the input data, and particularly relates to a musical score draft creation device that inputs musical score composition data and creates a draft of a musical score based on the input data. This invention relates to a musical score draft creation device which allows input of tab notes on-the-fly and quickly, and allows the input state to be visually confirmed.

<Prior Art> Various attempts have been made to develop musical score draft creation devices that input musical score composition data and create a draft of a musical score based on the input data. in general,
Musical note data in particular plays an important role in musical score composition data, and European Patent Publication No. 5339 has been published in the past regarding how to input and process this musical note data.
An example is disclosed in No. 3. According to the invention disclosed in this publication, note data includes pitch data (pitch-data) and note length data (note length data) that are both input from a function keyboard, and are further converted into notes. If it is necessary to add an accidental symbol such as a sharp "#" or a flat pi, the accidental symbol is input by further pressing a function key that means an accidental symbol. However, in this input method, there is a problem that the input of musical note data is difficult because both pitch and length data are input using a function keyboard.

That is, for example, when inputting a chord representing the simultaneous performance of three or more notes, each input had to be input separately.

On the other hand, the manuscript of the musical score to be printed is usually a handwritten score, and it is like playing the piano etc. while looking at this manuscript.
If you can input pitch data from a piano keyboard, the input speed will be faster. Based on this idea, a method for inputting pitch data from a piano keyboard type input device was developed in British Patent No. 13372.
It is disclosed in the No. 01 publication. According to the invention disclosed in this British patent, musical note data can be input more smoothly than with a function keyboard, and it is considered preferable to input accidentals by pressing the black keys of the piano keys. However, in such a system, the edited musical score composition data is once transferred to the host combiator and then printed out using a graphic printer, resulting in a major loss of the system.

Therefore, in recent years, devices have been developed that separate the musical score draft creation device from the host computer and create musical scores on a personal computer. With this, a block copy can be easily created by connecting an output device for producing the block copy to a personal computer. In addition, since the input musical score composition data can be used to create a musical score exactly as in the original on the display screen, this is a significant improvement over conventional musical score draft creation devices that display codes as codes.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, such a musical score draft creation device also has the following problems. That is, when creating a tablature for the guitar, it is difficult to create a six-line staff and create fret numbers. Here, the guitar tab kai refers to the person who plays the guitar (
Especially for beginners), it is a musical score that shows which position of the six guitar strings to press to produce the sound. 0 Normal musical score is 5.
Since it is represented by main lines, there are inconveniences such as having to instruct a special input method to make 6 lines, and having to visually add 1 out of 5 lines by the operator. . In addition, even if six lines could be created, the operator would have to input all the fret numbers (numbers indicating the position where the string is pressed) corresponding to the notes from the keyboard, making the operation cumbersome (and time-consuming). It was a huge amount.

The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to easily and quickly input six lines and fret numbers for guitar tablature, and to input them accurately. It is an object of the present invention to provide a musical score draft creation device capable of visually confirming the state in real time.

Means for Solving the Problems> In order to solve the above objects, the present invention provides a diatonic scale key group and a chromatic scale key group that can press a plurality of notes at the same time and also press notes with accidentals attached. has a key group,
a first musical keyboard means for inputting pitch data corresponding to key operations; a first musical keyboard having a plurality of function keys and alphanumeric keys; for inputting key operation data as note length data and other music composition data; memory means for storing data inputted from the musical keyboard means 2 and data necessary for musical score creation calculations; and a memory means for performing predetermined calculations on the data stored in the memory means, and based on the results of the calculations. a calculation control means for creating a musical score; a display means for displaying the musical score created by the calculation control means on a screen; a display means for displaying the musical score created by the calculation control means on a screen; and an output means for creating a version of the musical score, and frets for guitar tablature based on the pitch data input from the first music keyboard means and the note length data input from the second keyboard means. The arithmetic control means has a tablature input function of positioning the numbers, automatically inputting tablature data, and displaying the input state by the display means each time the data is input.

Therefore, by using the above means, the present invention displays the staff, time signature, clef, and tone symbol on the screen of the display means, and also displays musical notes from the first musical keyboard means. The data is displayed on the screen in the form of musical notes, and furthermore, the position and number of the fret number corresponding to the musical note are automatically determined by the calculation control means and inputted as tablature data, and the data is inputted based on the input status. It is displayed on the display means in real time each time.

This allows you to easily, accurately, and quickly input complex tablatures with a large number of notes, and if there is an error in the input, you can correct the input data on the spot and create an appropriate version of the score. becomes possible.

<Example> Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of a musical score draft creation device according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a first musical keyboard having a diatonic key group and a chromatic key group, which can press a plurality of notes at the same time and also press notes with accidentals attached. This is a piano keyboard, and by performing key operations according to the notes on the original, the corresponding pitch data (pitch data) can be input. Reference numeral 2 denotes a new text keyboard as a second musical keyboard means having a plurality of function keys and alphanumeric keys, and by performing key operations according to the notes in the manuscript, corresponding note length data (note length data) can be generated. , and other musical score composition data such as lyrics.

3 is a memory that stores data input from the piano keyboard 1 and the Kaimon keyboard 2 and data necessary for musical score creation calculations, and performs predetermined calculations on the data stored in this memory, and This is a personal computer equipped with an arithmetic control section that creates a musical score based on the results. Here, the arithmetic control section includes an example of a tab-scale fret (fingering) for the guitar and a number based on the pitch data input from the piano keyboard 1 and the note length data input from the Kaibun keyboard 2. The tablature data input function is provided, in other words, the function of determining the data, automatically inputting it, and displaying the input state on the display unit, which will be described later, each time data is input.

Further, the data stored in the memory includes score data, staff data, note data (pitch data, note length data), symbol data, guitar string scale table, and the like.

The string scale table is used to determine the string number and fret number from pitch data, and is stored as a table as shown in Figure 2. The display section 5 which displays on the screen the musical score created by the display section 4 is a printer serving as an output means for printing out a copy of the musical score displayed by the display section 4. Note that 6 is a mouse as an instruction means for indicating the data input position on the display section 4.

Next, based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 3 and 4,
The operation of (tablature) data input in this musical score draft creation device will be explained.

First, the operator inputs layout data such as the number of staffs in one row, the number of rows, the size, the number of staffs, the type of meter, the type of clef, and the number of accidentals indicating the key signature, and then The staff, time signature, clef, and tone symbol are displayed on the screen in step 4 (31), and the operator visually checks this display screen to determine whether the layout is correct or not (32).
), if the layout data is incorrect, the operator corrects the layout data until it becomes correct (53). Next, after confirming that the layout is correct, the operator inputs the pitch data from the piano keyboard. The operator inputs note length data from the European keyboard 2 and displays it in the form of musical notes on the staff on the screen of the display section 4 based on the clef and tone symbols of the layout data (S4). visually checks this display screen to determine whether or not the note data is correct (S5). If the result is incorrect, use the mouse 6, piano keyboard, and Roman keyboard 2 to edit the note data until it becomes correct. Fix (
36).

Next, after confirming that the note data is correct, the operator uses the mouse 6 to specify the first data of the note data to be tablatured, and the fret number is displayed on the screen of the display unit 4. Display all note data in the form of numbers on the screen in real time (57), that is,
When the first note data is specified, the arithmetic control section in the personal computer 3 determines that the pitch of the note data is the fifth pitch.
The height displacement when the note shown in the figure is set as the origin is called an absolute displacement, and this absolute displacement is calculated by adding 1 to the semitone shift. (S7-1) For example, a tone one octave higher has an absolute displacement of 12, and a tone two octaves higher has an absolute displacement of 24. This absolute displacement is compared with the string scale table shown in FIG. Here, the string scale table shows the tones that can be expressed by each of the six strings of the guitar.
It is shown as an absolute displacement from the sound in the figure.

Normally, one string can express sounds up to two octaves from the lowest open string.By shifting the fret positions of the 0 string one by one, the sound becomes higher by a semitone.

The first string, which produces the highest note, can express the range of notes shown in Figure 6(a). Similarly, the 6th house from the 2nd string is shown in Figure 6 (B).
Sounds in the range shown in (f) can be expressed. Therefore, when expressing a certain sound, it is possible to express it with a plurality of strings. For example, in the case of the sound shown in FIG. 7, strings up to the second and sixth strings can be used as shown in FIG. Compare the difference between the absolute displacement of the target note data and the absolute displacement of the start of the string scale data stored in the memory of the personal computer 3.
-2) Select the highest string (S7-3), i.e. select the string that can produce the highest note among the possible strings, i.e. select the string closest to the open string that is easiest for beginners to play. do. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the second string is selected. The scale data of the selected string is compared with the absolute displacement of the target note data, and the number of the fret having the same absolute displacement is determined from the scale data (S7-4).
Next, the calculation control unit determines the center position of the target note data, and calculates a position shifted to the left by half the width of the number of the fret number from the center position (57-5). The position of the string on the hexagonal staff is determined by the obtained string number (57-6), and the fret number is displayed on the screen of the display unit 4 according to the results of positioning calculations in the horizontal and vertical directions for the target note. Show on top (S
7-7), the arithmetic control unit then determines whether there is the next note (S7-8), determines and displays the string number and fret number for the next note data using the same operation as above. The images are displayed one after another on the screen of section 4.

Next, once all the tablature data for one page of musical score has been input as described above, the operator visually checks the input status on the display screen on the display unit 4 to check whether the input is correct. Confirm that the score is correct for each page of the score (S-8).

As a result, if there is something incorrect in the input, you can use the mouse 6 to point to that part, input the correct number from the Roman keyboard 2, and then use the mouse to display the correct position, while looking at the screen. Correct (S9), and
If the input is correct, or if it becomes correct after correction, please input the lyrics, chord names, musical symbols, etc. 5lO), correct it (Sll), create data for one page of musical score, and then print it to the printer. By printing out the data in step 5, inputting the tab scale data is completed.

In addition, in the above, each time the tab praise data is input, the display section 4
The size of the characters displayed on the screen above can be arbitrarily specified by the operator, and is usually 0.8 to 0.8 of the distance between each line of the staff in the musical score (this is called one unit).
It is about 1.5 times. Similarly, the operator can arbitrarily instruct the font of the characters to be displayed on the screen of the display unit 4, which is stored in the memory of the personal computer 3. Also, when finding the string number on the tablature of the target musical notation, I selected the string that produces the highest note among multiple strings, but the operator instructed me to select the second or third string. can do.

As described above, the musical score draft creation device of this embodiment performs positioning in the left and right directions from the center position corresponding to the note, and uses the string number and fret number based on the scale data of the guitar string to perform vertical positioning. It is designed to have a function of automatically determining the direction and number system to be displayed. Therefore, you can visually check the tablature input status in real time, so if the specified string number and fret number on the manuscript differ from what is displayed, you can immediately correct it at that point and make it correct in a short time. The input result can be obtained, and this greatly reduces time loss compared to the conventional case where the operator manually inputs all the numbers and positions of the fret numbers as tab scales. In addition, since the input tablature data is automatically positioned with respect to the notes, and this is displayed on the screen in real time on the display unit 4, tablature input can be performed easily, quickly, and accurately. , visually check the input status each time! It becomes possible to recognize the

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, according to the present invention, the input of six lines as a guitar tablature and the position and number of fret numbers are automatically determined for the input notes on the staff. Input,
It is also equipped with a tab latent input function that displays the input status on the display means each time data is input, making it possible to input tab scales easily, quickly and accurately, and to display the input status in real time. It is possible to provide a musical score draft creation device that allows visual confirmation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the musical score draft creation device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a scale data table for six guitar strings, and Figs. 3 and 4 are the same embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation in FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the origin note for the musical scale data table,
) is a diagram showing the sound that each string can express, and FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the operation in the same embodiment. l...First keyboard means 2...Second keyboard means 4...Display unit Patent application Person Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. Representative Kazuo Suzuki Figure 7

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) First music that has a diatonic scale key group and a chromatic scale key group that can press multiple notes at the same time and also press notes with accidentals attached, and inputs pitch data corresponding to key operations. a keyboard means, a second musical keyboard means having a plurality of function keys and alphanumeric keys and inputting key operation data as note length data and other musical score composition data; and the first and second musical keyboards. an arithmetic control means for performing a predetermined operation on data input from the means and data stored in a memory means for storing data necessary for the musical score creation operation, and creating a musical score based on the result of the operation; A display means for displaying the musical score created by the control means on a screen, and an output means for creating a copy of the musical score displayed by the display means, and the pitch data inputted from the first musical keyboard means and From the note length data input from the second musical keyboard means, the guitar string number corresponding to the note and the fret number indicating the finger position are determined, and the number is displayed on the determined string. A musical score draft creation device, characterized in that the arithmetic control means has a tablature creation function that is displayed by means. (2) The arithmetic control means sets the string number of the guitar corresponding to the note to the number of the string that produces the highest note among the strings that can express the note, and the fret number indicated at the position of the finger on the determined string. A musical score draft creation device according to claim (1), which has a function of determining a position that is easy for a beginner to hold.